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Ubuntu, Kubuntu, Xubuntu "Ubuntu Xorg maintainer Bryce Harrington recently demonstrated the BulletProof-X feature that is planned for inclusion in Ubuntu 7.10. BulletProof-X provides a failsafe mode which will ensure that users never have to manually configure their graphics hardware settings from the command line."
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RE[3]: Finally!
by archiesteel on Thu 30th Aug 2007 19:41 UTC in reply to "RE[2]: Finally!"
archiesteel
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2005-07-02

Considering that the phrase "welcome to the 20th century" is synonymous with "welcome to the year 1901" (because that's when the 20th century began), then I'm pretty sure he meant "21st century" - because otherwise that would be a rather stupid comment. There were *no* computers in 1901. Saying that would be as irrelevant as saying "welcome to the 19th century".

"Welcome to the 21st century" on the other hand, is quite appropriate if you want to signify that something is catching up on a technological level.

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RE[4]: Finally!
by Soulbender on Fri 31st Aug 2007 07:23 in reply to "RE[3]: Finally!"
Soulbender Member since:
2005-08-18

"Considering that the phrase "welcome to the 20th century" is synonymous with "welcome to the year 1901""

This depends on what region you are in. In many countries the "the 20th century" is now and the 21st will be after 2099.

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RE[5]: Finally!
by Johann Chua on Sat 1st Sep 2007 12:04 in reply to "RE[4]: Finally!"
Johann Chua Member since:
2005-07-22

And those countries would be?

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RE[5]: Finally!
by archiesteel on Sat 1st Sep 2007 19:29 in reply to "RE[4]: Finally!"
archiesteel Member since:
2005-07-02

I've never heard that before. What countries are you talking about?

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RE[4]: Finally!
by zbrimhall on Sun 2nd Sep 2007 04:43 in reply to "RE[3]: Finally!"
zbrimhall Member since:
2006-08-21

o <-- joke

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+ <-- you
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